According to the director of the climate change program at the National Parks Conservation Association, “every single one of our more than 400 national parks are suffering” due to climate change.
John,
Our public lands are in crisis.
Earlier this month, severe flood waters raged through the iconic Yellowstone National Park, changing the course of rivers, tearing out bridges, pouring through homes, and forcing the evacuation of thousands of visitors. While we can’t lay all the blame for the flooding on climate change, researchers say parks like Yellowstone will experience more damage like this due to the warming climate.
It’s not just flooding, though. Researchers say they also expect to see an increase in fires, dying forests, invasive plants, and shallower, warmer waterways in Yellowstone over the next few decades.
Yellowstone is one of our oldest national parks, but it is not the only one suffering the consequences of a warming planet.
Glaciers in Montana’s Glacier National Park are melting.
Cacti in Arizona’s Saguaro National Park are dying from the heat.
1.3 million Joshua Trees in Mojave National Preserve were killed by a wildfire in 2020.
According to the director of the climate change program at the National Parks Conservation Association, "every single one of our more than 400 national parks are suffering” due to climate change.
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